Industrial Cryogenic Treatment
COLDfire - The modern Industrial Revolution
The COLDfire Thermal Cycling Process of cryogenic treatment for industrial parts is not a surface treatment - it affects the entire mass of the component being treated. This ?through material? treatment means the process keeps working for the life of the component. The treatment does not cease to be effective after the surface is worn or otherwise damaged. It continues to provide the same benefit to subsequent grinding or sharpening. The hardness of the material treated is unaffected. There is no additional tendency to crack or chip, while strength and durability are actually increased.
The COLDfire thermal cycling process represents a major technological breakthrough that can improve every aspect of Industry and production. The process is several steps beyond anything even dreamt about by the developers of Cryogenic Technology. This is a process that not only realizes the most positive effects of cryogenics, but adds a heat tempering stage to significantly reduce, and in some cases eliminate, high frequency vibration in metal components, the cause of most wear.
Because the COLDfire process is generations ahead of current cryogenic treatments, the changes in material structure can be made in a fraction of the time taken by what is, in comparison to COLDfire, a primitive process. It has demonstrated regular improvements in wear life of industrial components of up to three times, and in many cases more than that.
By uniquely altering grain structures at the molecular level, the process permits extensive stress relief to take place in the material being treated. This then results in measurable reductions in micro-cracking as an added benefit to the extension of wear properties. It has also proven capable of dramatically improving the performance and wearability of a wide variety of parts, tooling and components used daily in manufacturing and industrial applications.
Initially developed and applied to the strengthening of critical materials at extreme sub-zero temperatures, COLDfire, as currently used in the space program, is now available in Australia to extend life and improve the performance of high wearing components or where safety and performance are major concerns.
The COLDfire Thermal Cycling process, developed over the past five years, has revolutionised the industries of Cryogenics and Heat Tempering. COLDfire has demonstrates results more than double the wear life previously available by the application of other process alone.
The COLDfire Thermal Process has been widely tested by leading edge laboratories a number of large corporations worldwide. In every application tested, it has produced results not previously thought possible.
What is a proven fact is that industrial companies using the COLDfire process have in some cases been able to reduce their tooling costs by up to a staggering 50%.
| Industry | Applications |
| Engineering | Drills, dies and moulds all benefit from application of the COLDfire process, Increased wear life and usability of consumable components have added greatly to the bottom line of numerous major manufacturing companies, recent testing with one of the largest steel manufacturers in the world demonstrated a 250% gain in life of slitters and blades saving 60-90 minutes of downtime per week at a production rate of 27 tones per minute! |
| Automotive | While auto components show huge gains from application of the COLDfire process for the industrial car manufacturers, treatment of the tooling used to manufacture the cars and components have increased tool life by up to 400% on production line machinery used for drilling and cutting. Homes for the COLDfire technology are being found daily in Australia by all the manufacturers, Ford, General Motors, Mitsubishi and Toyota |
| Mining | From Saudi Arabia to the Gulf of Mexico, grinding metal into the earth in search of the riches hidden below is not a job for the weak. Application of the COLDfire process to drill bits and other mining equipment including tunneling and underground mining grinders now allows down time to occur not in hours but days. |
| Manufacturing | Leading international companies know what it takes to build a strong and successful business. Use of the COLDfire process has provided up to three times the life of cereal dies and an increase in tablet punch life from 6 to 80 million after application of the COLDfire technology leading to huge increases in profitability. |
| Defence | Defence equipment is treated to reduce the chances of failure and corrosion, barrels and breaches, projectiles and other critical equipment that simply can not fail is treated by COLDfire to perform at an unparalleled rate. |
| Construction | The bridge is large but the bolts are small, in all areas of civil engineering and construction, components treated by the COLDfire process have a corrosion resistance and tensile strength increase well beyond the levels of current engineering standards with one thing in mind - safety. |
| Aviation | From the stresses experienced in the 'controlled crash' of a fighter onto the deck of an aircraft carrier to the extremes of safety demanded for the turbine blades of a jet airliner, COLDfire is redefining the way manufacturers and maintenance operators are able to approach aviation safety and component durability. |
That?s the COLDfire advantage, a process so advanced it is light years ahead of conventional cryogenic technology.
Further Reading - and Test Results about the industrial advantages of the COLDfire Process: Please click one of the following:
BHP Slitter Line Test Parameters & Results (PDF 189kb)
Carbide Testing & Results (PDF 176kb)
Welding Tip Testing (PDF 176kb)
COLDfire Industrial Testimonials (PDF 166kb) - " See what our customers say! "
Thermal Treated Welding Tip Article (PDF 653 kb)
Cryogenics - Putting the Freeze on Wear (PDF 149 kb)
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